Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-05-07

WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. MAY End, 1887.

WASHINGTON, May End, 1887.
The handsome bronze statue OF
Garfield, which stands at the foot OF
Capitol Hill, all draped in black at
present, ready to be unveiled amid
imposing ceremonies on the 18th
inst, makes the nineteenth outdoor
memorial to public men in this city.
There are six equestrian statues, six
pedestrian statues, marble groups
and bronze groups and one marble
shaft, the tallest in the world.
The " Father of his country" has
been memorialized in both marble
and bronze, so also has the great
War President, Abraham Lincoln.
while there are jackson, Scott,
Green, MACPHERSON, Thomas, Raw
Inns, Farragut, Dupont, Luther,
Prof. Henry. and Chief Justice Mar
shall, who have been given either
marble or metallic Immortality in the
National Capital.
This last addition, erected by his
old comrades in arms, (the Society
of the Army of the Cumberland)
cost $4,000, thirty thousand OF
which Congress appropriated for
the pedestal. 1t represents Gen,
Garfield standing in a graceful atti-
tude, holding manuscript in one
hand while the other rests on a book
lying upon column. The figure is
of heroic size and decidedly lifelike
and striking.
The movement for the erection of
a monument to the memory of Gen.
Garfield had its inception on the
day of his death. The Society OF
the Army of the Cumberland, OF
which he was conspicuous member,
had met in annual reunion at
Chattanooga, Tennessee. 1t was a
meeting of special interest, for the
ex- Confederates of that region, in
which the Army of the Cumberland
fought it's battles and won its fame,
had united in an invitation to the
society to hold its meeting in their
midst. They wanted to meet the
men, they had fought on so many
battle fields in social inter course.
Garfield heartily approved of this
reunion of soldiers OF both sides and
had promised to be present. Then
he was stricken down by the assas.
SINS bullet and the society, on the
day of it's assembling, received the
news of his death.
The Both Of April just passed was
such q glorious day for the inaugur-
alton Of a President that one could
not but regret the failure of a GER
tain bill before the last Congress.
1t was introduced by Senator In.
gals and provided that Inauguration
day be changed from the 4th OF
March to the last Tuesday in April
The reason for the change was that
the weather in early March is usual.
" execrable, and that the effect OF
the inauguration ceremonies is apt
to be spoiled in consequence.
l could not help contrasting the
snow and slush, wet and chill of the
last fourth of March with the April
day, which it was proposed should
witness the next Inauguration. The
lawns were fresh mown, the trees
half leaved, the parks bright with
hyacinths and tulips, the streets as
clean as bowling alleys, the Their.
mometer 6S, the sky blue and the
west wind mild and fresh.
Imagine what the scene would be
on such a day with $4,000 troops in
close column marching up Pennsyl
vania avenue, and 100000 thousand
people watching the pageant and
roaming through the streets of their
country's Capital. Despite the fail
ure OF the bill for the present, the
last of April will doubtless be the
inauguration time of the future
The Senator from Kansas received
the fullest appreciation of his bill
from the committees of both Houses
of Congress to which it was referred
and seemed almost certain of pass
age, but failed at the last moment
Mr.. Ingalls, says he will not give il
up, but intends introducing the bill
early in the Fiftieth Congress, and
pressing it to successful conclusion
The wise policy Of the Republican
party made the credit of the United
States better than that of any other
nation in the world. Under laws
passed and administered by the
Republicans, the taxes, also, were
levied and collected so as to produce
overlooking revenue without serious
burdens upon the people.
AT the Treasury Department they
are making vigorous effort to show
that there will be no dangerous
accumulation of money in the
Treasury during the coming fiscal
year. Possibly there will not, but
it is difficult to get away from one
we'll established fact. The income
will certainly be at least one hun
dred millions larger than the ex.
penditures and the amount required
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